Tape-feed for mangles



(No Model.)

G. C. ROBERTS.

' TAPE FEED POR MANGLBS. l No. 436,265. Patented Sept. 9.1890.

' "@Mit E wth/moo@ f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

GEORGE C. ROBERTS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE'TROY LAUNDRY MACHINERY COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

TAPE-FEED FOR MANGLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,265, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed January 8, 1890i Serial No. 336,263. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. ROBERTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, Vin the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tape-Feeds for Mangles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tape-feeds for mangles; and it has for its object, among others,

vwith the same.

to provide an improved tape -supporting bracket capable of adjustment inl all directions and designed for use in connection with the heated ironing-rolls and the clothed roll of a mangle.

Other objects and advantages of theinvention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a vertical section through the clothed roller and heating-rolls, showing the application of my tape-feed in connection Fig. 2 is an enlarged per- Spective view of the bracket and its pulley detached. Fig. 3 is a face view of a portion of the machine, showing a plurality of tapes.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in all the views of the drawings.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the clothed roll, of any known construction, carried by the shaft A', and B designates the heated or ironing rolls, of known construction, and in the present instance shown as being three in number, arranged inthe form of a trianglethat is, one upon the top of the clothed roll,

with its axis in the same Vertical plane as the axis of the said clothed roll, and the other two arranged one upon each side thereof and upon a plane above the axis of the clothed roll; but the central roller may sometimes be omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

C designates my improved bracket, whichl consists of the two semicircular portions Cv C2, each provided with an ear c, constructed to form a rule-joint, the two parts being connected by means of the screws or other analogous connecting device c', passed through,

said ears c. The free ends of these semicircular portions C C2 are provided with ears E is an arm slotted longitudinally, as at e,

through which slot and through the s lot in the arm C3 passes a thumb-screw E', having a suitable thumb-nut E2 and an enlarged head E3, flat upon its under side to bear upon the outer face of the arm C3. of the arm E is provided with a projection or arm e', extending at right angles thereto, and upon which is loosely journaled the Iianged pulley or roller E4 for the tape. In practice I arrange these brackets, as illustrated in Fig. l, one upon each side of the central roller and between the same and the outer roller.

E is the tape, in the form of an endless band, passed around the two lower ironing-rollers, over the upper surface of the lower clothed roller, and over the pulleys E4 on the tapebrackets.

The arms E of the tape-brackets are adjusted so that the upper surface or portion of The outer end v the tape will be elevated from lcontact with number depending upon the length of the sev-l eral rolls, and that such tapes are employed instead of endless aprons. There will, therefore, be a similar series of tape-supporting brackets, one or more for each tape employed. Each tape is liable to stretch more or less than other tapes in the series, and therefore provision must be made for the independent adjustment of each tape. This is done by :means of the arrangement, location, and construction of the several tapesupporting brackets. The advantages resulting from the employment of tapes instead of aprons are that they collect and transfer to the goods which are passed through the machine less dust and dirt and leave exposed to View almost the entire surface of one side of the goods, whereby the condition of the goods when being ironed is in full View, and these advantages and functions are secured in addition to the ordinary function of an endless apron, which is to keep the goods in contact with a clothed or an ironing roller and to prevent said goods from being wound upon said rollers.

What l claim as new is l. The combination, with the clothed and ironing rolls, of the tape-supporting brackets arranged above the clothed roll between the ironing-rolls and each provided with an adj ustable portion carrying rollers, and the tapes passed over said rollers and between the clothed and ironing rolls, as set forth.

2. A tape-supporting bracket consisting of two substantially sexnieircular portions hinged together, and one of said portions formed with a lateral arm slotted longitudinally, and a longitudinally-slotted roller-supporting arm adjustably connected with the lateral arm, substantially as specified.

3. The tape-supporting bracket consisting of two substantially semicircular portions hinged together and formed opposite their hinge with ears, and one with a longitudinally-slotted lateral arm, and a roller-supporting arm slotted longitudinally and a thumbscrew passed through the slots of the two arms,

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE C. ROBERTS. Witnesses:

ALLEN OONKLING, E. G. BUSH. 

